Isithonjana sangempela, iNtaba yeTable iphakama ngaphezu kweKapa futhi ichaza idolobha
"Leli dolobha elihle nelinye nelinye, lilele edongeni elikhulu (i-Table Mountain), efinyelela emafwini, futhi yenza umgoqo omkhulu kakhulu. Cape Town yindlu enkulu yokulala, emgwaqweni omkhulu empumalanga. " - UCharles Darwin encwadini eya kudadewabo, uCatherine, ngo-1836
Nge-1085m (3559ft) phezulu, i-Table Mountain ingahle ibe ngaphansi kwezintaba zezintaba ezide kunazo zonke emhlabeni wonke-kodwa uma kwenzeka - kufanelekile ngempela ukuthi i-label yasebenza ngokweqile, icacile.
Ithebula leThebula liyisithonjana sangempela, esinye sazo izimpawu ezibonakalayo ezibekwa khona eKapa phakathi kwemizi enhle kakhulu emhlabeni. Kusobala ukuthi kungani lathola igama layo. Abantu bokuqala baseKhoi babeqondana ngokuqondile, bekubiza ngokuthi iHooraikwaggo - "intaba elwandle". Ku-Nguni, intaba yi-"Umlindiwengizimu" - umlindi weseningizimu - abekwe lapha nguMdali, Qamata, njengomlondolozi wokuvikela wonke i-Afrika.
Icon I Floral
Kuneminye imangalo yokuthi iyisithonjana. Lena intaba endala, eyinkulungwane eyi-260-million ubudala. Ngokungafani nama-Himalayas angamaqhamuka nje eminyaka engama-40-million ubudala kanti ama-Alps asesimweni esincane se-32 million. Leli likhaya lezehlakalo zezitshalo - uMbuso waseCape Floral. I-fynbos ekhangayo ehlanganisa iThe Table Mountain neCape Peninsula ingenye yezinhlobo ze-eco-system ezicebile kakhulu nezinhlobonhlobo emhlabeni ezinezinhlobo ezingu-8200 zezitshalo ezimangalisayo, futhi ngaphezu kuka-4 460 zazo kuTable Mountain yedwa.
Ngalesi sivuno semifula kuvela izinyoni nezinyoni ezincane. Lokhu kuhlushwa okukhulu kwezinhlobo zezitshalo kusho ukuthi iCape iye yabizwa uMbuso omncane kunawo wonke weFloral Kingdom, owodwa kuphela okufanele utholakale ezweni.
I-Table Mountain, ingxenye enkulu yohlu lwezintaba zeCape Peninsula, kanye no-1 000 sq km yamanzi angasogwini ayengena eThekwini Mountain National Park (inombolo: +27 21 701 8692) ngo-1998.
Ngo-2004, uMbuso weCape Floral waqashelwa njengendawo ye-UNESCO yemvelo yamagugu. Ipaki ihlukaniswe zibe izingxenye ezine.
I-Cableway
Intaba ngokwayo ikhululekile, uma ufisa ukuhamba, nakuba abantu abaningi bakhetha i-Table Mountain Cableway encane enamandla (umakhalekhukhwini: +27 21 424 8181). Imoto yokuqala yekhebula yaqala ukusebenza ngo-1929, eminyakeni engaba ngu-40 emva kokuxoxisana kokuqala ngale ndaba. Ngophahla lwama-tin kanye nezinhlangothi zokhuni, kwakungesilwane esihluke kakhulu kuma-capsules avulekile ahambayo abantu abahamba ngohambo lwama-704m kusukela esiteshini esingaphansi ku-363m ngaphezu kwezilwandle, esiteshini esiphakeme, ngo-1067m. Kuze kube manje, abantu abangaba yizigidi ezingu-20 baye baqoqa imoto yekhebula kuhlanganise noSir Edmund Hillary (mhlawumbe ngeholidi), uGeorsor Bernard Shaw noKing George VI. Kubantu abanenhlanhla, iKhadi leKhadi leKhadi elisha linikeza ukufinyelela kwansuku zonke entabeni ngenani lezinyawo ezingu-2.5 kuphela.
Isimo sezulu kuTable Mountain
Hlola njalo isimo sezulu ngaphambi kokuba uhambe uphinde uzibophe izingubo ezifanele kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kucace kanjani futhi kumemeza kungabonakala ekuqaleni. Isimo sezulu sezintaba siyashintsha kakhulu - futhi izinto zendabuko. Imimoya yaseNingizimu-mpumalanga idabula zonke izintaba futhi njengoba iphoqeleka phakathi kukaDeveli's Peak and Table Mountain ingafinyelela ngesivinini esinamandla kuze kube ngu-130km / h (81mi / h).
Eyaziwa njengeCape Doctor, ziqeda ukushisa nokungcola nokugcina idolobha likhazimulayo, kodwa futhi lingalimaza kunoma yiliphi iqhwa elibanjwe ngaphandle kwamagesi okuzivikela. Iphinde igweme i-cablecar ekusebenzeni.
Okwamanje iNtaba yeThebula isebenzisa ukuphila kwayo okuningi evezwe efwini elimhlophe - "indwangu yetafula". Umlando owodwa uthi ihlobo elilodwa elihlala emhlalaphansi, iVan Hunks, linomncintiswano wokudonsa ipayipi noDeveli. Indoda endala ayinakukwazi ukukhuphukela entabeni ebusika, ngakho-ke intaba ihlala icacile! Enye i-San (bushman) legend ithi unkulunkulu waseMantis usebenzisa isihluthulelo esikhulu sezilwane ezimhlophe ukushaya amalangabi omlilo wesihlahla. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kunjalo, udinga ukugwema uma ufisa ukubona umbono.
Imisebenzi e-Table Mountain
Uma uphakamisa phezulu, kunezinyathelo ezintathu zokuhambisa izimpawu, imizuzu engu-15 Dassie Walk, i-Agama Walk yeminithi engu-30 kanye ne-Klipspringer Walk Walk emaphethelweni enqamula epulazini kuPlatteklip Gorge.
Kukhona nomzila wamasondo wabakhubazekile. Ikhamphani yezinkampani ezihamba ngezinyawo ihamba ngezinyawo ezihamba phambili nsuku zonke ngo-10: 00 nangemini. Kunezinye izindlela eziningi zokuhamba nezinyawo ngaphakathi kwepaki kazwelonke ezihamba ngezinyawo ezilula, ezifinyeleleka kalula kubo bonke, ukuya ezinsukwini ezingu-5 ezingu-97 ukusuka ku- Hoerikwaggo Trail ukusuka eTable Mountain kuya eCape Point . Kunezindawo ezihlukahlukene zokuhamba ngebhayisikili, ukukhuphuka nokuhlaselwa nezinkampani ezifana ne-Downhill Adventures. Uma ufuna ukuthola okuningi mayelana nentombazane yezintaba, kufanele uvakashele iKirstenbosch Botanical Gardens enhle emithambekeni ephansi.
Enye yezimangaliso ezintsha eziyisikhombisa zemvelo
Ngo-2011, iTable Mountain yavotelwa ukuba ibe "yezimangaliso eziyisikhombisa zemvelo." Phakathi kwabaxhasi bokufakwa kwalo kwaba nguDesmond Tutu, owathi, "Kubalulekile ukuthi iNingizimu Afrika izuze njengoba kubalulekile ku-psyche yethu. Futhi lelivoti liyi-apolitical - Ithebula leThebula lingelabo bonke - ake sibonise ukuthi singanqoba. , sonke sizoba nesiphethu esinyathelweni sethu. " Intaba yeThebula ngokuqinisekile ingenye yezizathu eziningi zabantu baseNingizimu Afrika ukuzizwa beqhosha ngobuhle bezwe labo.